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Producers
Of Coming
Deadlines
Each year prodecers must
certify their crops to be eligible
to receive program benefits.
May 31 is the final date to re-
port small grains such as, wheat
and alfalfa, without a late certi-
fication fee. May 31 is also the
final date to obtain loans and
LDPs on 2005 corn and grain
sorghum.
Sign-up ends for 2006 Direct
and Counter-cyclical Payment
Program, without a late fee on
June 1.
August 1 is the final date for
reporting spring seeded crops,
CRP and NAP crops.
Non-insured Crop Disaster
Assistance Program (NAP) ap-
plication closing dates are Sep-
tember 1 for wheat grazing and
December 1 for native grasses.
NAP Notice of Loss must be
filed within 15 calendar days af-
ter the date the disaster condi-
tion occurred or damage to the
crop becomes apparent.
Reminder: a CCC-633-EZ
Page 1 must be on file in the
county office before losing ben-
eficial interest on 2006 crops to
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Mind Your Health is this
year's theme for Mental Health
Month.
Celebrated across the
nation each May, this month is
designed to boost awareness of
mental health issues and their
impact. Following are some Fast
Facts (from www.nmha.org)
that illustrate the significance of
the role mental health plays in a
variety of contexts.
Mind/Body
Between 28 to 301 per cent
of the U.S. population has a
mental health disorder, sub-
stance abuse disorder or both.
Stress is linked to the six
leading causes of death: heart
disease, cancer, lung ailments,
accidents, cirrhosis of the liver,
and suicide.
Chronic stress can double a
person's risk of having a heart
attack and can cause premature
aging.
People who have heart dis-
ease and depression are up to
twice as likely to die within
two years of being diagnosed
with heart disease as people who
have heart disease only.
People who have depressions
are more likelythan others to
develop diabetes.
Workplace
Even just moderate levels of
depressive or anxiety-type
symptoms can affect work per-
formance and productivity.
Workplace. environments
have a greater effect on em-
ployee stress levels than the
number of hours employees
work.
Depression is associated
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with a 50 per cent increase in
missed worked days but early
and proper treatment is associ-
ated with a marked decrease in
disability leave time.
More than three out of four
employees who seek care for
workplace issues or mental
health problems see substantial
improvement in work perfor-
mance after treatment.
Older Adults
About 11 per cent of adults
over age 55 have an anxiety dis-
order.
Only about half of older
adults who acknowledge that
they may have mental health
problems receive treatment and
only a fraction of those receive
specialty mental health treatment
(3 per cent).
Medical treatment outcomes
are worse when complicated by
mental health problems. For ex-
ample, rehabilitation from a hip
fracture or a heart attack is less
successful and more expensive
when complicated by depres-
sion.
The highest rate of suicide
for any age group (19.4 per
100,000) is among people 85
and older; the second highest
rate (17.7 per 100,000) is among
those between 75 and
84.
Children & Families
Five to 9 per cent of children
in the US have a serious emo-
tional disturbance.
Only about 21 per cent of
children in the US who need
mental health services actually
receive them.
In the past year, three mil-
lion teenagers have considered
or attempted suicide.
The Iroquois Center for Hu-
man Development, your com-
munity mental health center,
stands ready to help with mental
health issues and problems.
Serving Comanche, Clark,
Edwards, and Kiowa Counties,
we provide a wide variety of ser-
vices throughout the area and are
here to help.
If you have questions or want
to schedule an appointment, con-
tact our main office, in Greens-
burg at (620) 723-2272 or toll
free at 1 (888) 877-0376.
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Greetings from all your Prai-
rie Plaza friends.
We hope your week was en-
joyable. Our last shower gave us
only .20" rain, but a lot of us
have been planting things. In a
few weeks our porches will be
very colorful.
I heard from my daughter
yesterday, they had two rain
showers, but less than an inch of
moisture at Garden City.
When I called Mai'tin Parks,
he said he had a little mishap and
fell on his porch. Many of our
group have walkers, but still
have to be very careful.
Neighbors Margaret Morgan,
Leola Moore, and Ruth Tim-
mons enjoyed all the home
grown talent at"Wilmore Satur-
day Night Live" Saturday
evening. We hope their crowds
continue to grow.
A few of our neighbors were
under the weather yesterday --
hope today will be better for
them. It seems there are still
in
by Jennifer Kay,
SCES Kindergarten Teacher
Our school year has gone
very quickly in Kindergarten.
We have learned many new
things, like recognizing alphabet
letters, knowing the sounds those
letter make, sounding out words,
counting by 10's, 2's and 5's,
recognizing numbers and know-
ing their value, identifying coins,
as well as the school rules" and
how to get along in school.
It seems for the teacher that
once we have taught them how
school works, it is time to send
them on and start all over with a
new group. We will be taking
our end-of-the-year class trip in
May. We will travel to Pratt to
visit the Fire Department, eat
lunch and play at Lemon Park
and then finish up the day with
ice cream and a drink from
McDonalds.
There are 32 kindergartners
this year at South Central: We
divide these children in half with
More County
Meeting
(continued from page 1)
noting that the next meeting will
be Monday, May 15. (Both were
changed from Tuesday due to
schedule conflicts.)
--Met with courthouse cus-
todian Lynda Cooley who re-
ported that Connie Sunderland
would be gone for 6-8 weeks
from her job of cleaning the
health clinic, and the health de-
partment had asked if Mrs.
Cooley would take her place for
that time. Commissioners agreed
for her to clean the health clinic
building after her regular hours
at the courthouse.
--Heard a report from Mrs.
Cooley and the county clerk that
part-time employee LeAnne
Park had reached the halfway
point in number of hours worked
before she becomes part of the
KPERS plan.
by
Darlene Hilt
some bad old germs floating
around out there.
Some of our local stores have
a lot of great blooming plants on
hand, go check them out. I had
to go shop for some rose moss,
as I thought mine wasn't com-
ing up. Then saw many coming
up around my new grass plants.
I hope some of you had a nice
old fashioned May Day. I forgot
my neighbors until it was too
late, but at~er all I'm an old gal
of 75 now! (Senior moments,
you know.)
This is another slow news
week, so maybe next time we
will have more. Have a good
week and call a shut-in.
Thought for the day --"You
are out of shape if your knees
buckle and your belt doesn't."
Kena Jackson teaching 16 and I
have 16.
This year the students in Mrs.
Kay's class are: Taylor Bayne,
Victoria Bruckner, Kassadee
Harris, Jarek Jellison, Zach Jel-
lison, Cody Konrade, Bryce
Lawless, Cody Levering, Cabe
Lindsay, Lander Martin, Gre-
gory Sharp, Brooke Smith,
Susana Thiessen, Morgan
Turley, Kaleigh Webster, and
Mason Winegarner.
I presented each child in my
class with the first halfofa well-
kriown proverb. I asked them to
come up with the remainder of
the proverb.
Their insight may surprise
you! Keep in mind that these are
five- and six year-olds!
Don't change horses in the
rain. Morgan Turley
Strike while the baseball
is in the mitt. Kassadee Harris
It's always darkest before
morning. Cabe Lindsay
Never underestimate the
power of my puppy. (He bites
real hard/) Cody Konrade
You can lead a horse to wa-
ter, but you have to feed him
too. Gregory Sharp
Don't bite the hand that is
yucky. Mason Winegarner
No news is because your
TV is runned out. Jarek Jellison
A miss is as good as a Sir.
Victoria Bruckner
If you lie down with dogs,
you'll feel tired in the morn-
ing. Cody Levering
Love all, trust God.
Kaleigh Webster
The pen is mightier than the
paper. Taylor Bayne
Happy the bride who k/sses
the man. Brooke Smith
A penny saved is notmuch
money. E~ryc~ l:a,~te~
Two's company, three's
work. Lander Martin.
Children should be seen and
not hitting. Zach Je!iison
Don't put offtill tomorrow
going to Wal-Mart. Susana
Thiessen
